LITERALLY!!! Okay...several weeks ago, you'll remember my husband tore out everything in the girls bathroom...pictures of the progress on that to follow. So, if that wasn't enough...we started having problems with "odorous house ANTS!" Although, we didn't know that they were that kind of ant, so we kept spraying for little tiny ants...and they kept coming back and bringing first all of their family, then all of their friends....and then quite frankly anyone they could find they knew to move into the Harding kitchen. Finally, this last week my parents said, "CALL an Exterminator!"...and we did...and they paid for it! Thanks Dad and Mom! Anyways, in order to find out what kind of ants we had they asked that I catch two or three and "squish" them between my fingers and thumb. If they smelled like formaldehyde or cleaning fluid...they were odorous house ants and multiplyed when you sprayed for other types of house ants. So, to get rid of them we needed to entirely clean out every cupboard in our kitchen, wipe them down with soap and water and leave them empty so the house could be sprayed and then "bombed"! So, we have been living with empty cupboards for the last 5 days. The dining room table is now the pantry, spices, and cups. The kitchen table is now the dishes. The coffee table is now where we keep the pots and pans, baking trays, etc. The laundry room is taking whatever else we need to store. And the microwave is where we keep the bread, cookies or anything open we don't want to find ants on. My parents brought over their card table...and as you can see this is where we shared our meals together today.
Closeness at the table!
Notice the dining room table...aka the pantry behind the girls!
Okay...so now we have a torn up kitchen...waiting to see if they are coming back (which I guess usually happens!), and a torn up bathroom. So, we are sharing our master bathroom. I forgot how blessed I was to have two bathrooms!
So, as you can see...the walls are painted, and the bead board is up. There is a new shower rod and curtain. There is a new light fixture and the wall has been repaired where the medicine cabinet was, and the medicine cabinet was moved to a new location. The cupboard is in the midst of remodeling still.
And today, the tile floor went in! It still needs to be grouted and sealed. Hopefully within another couple of days we will at least have another shower and another toilet! This was Rob's and my first tile job. I think we are doing good.
Thanks to my mom for helping with work related stuff, and thanks to my dad for mowing, edging and racking leaves in my yard today.
This was just a peek into how the Hardings have been living! Stay tuned for the next edition to follow.
Closeness at the table!
Notice the dining room table...aka the pantry behind the girls! 
So, as you can see...the walls are painted, and the bead board is up. There is a new shower rod and curtain. There is a new light fixture and the wall has been repaired where the medicine cabinet was, and the medicine cabinet was moved to a new location. The cupboard is in the midst of remodeling still. 
And today, the tile floor went in! It still needs to be grouted and sealed. Hopefully within another couple of days we will at least have another shower and another toilet! This was Rob's and my first tile job. I think we are doing good. 
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